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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in technology-enhanced learning make it possible for humans all over the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these interesting new open education ventures. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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